A.N./ I have spent ages trying to get this chapter onto the website! It's not my fault! Well, okay, I have been partying an awful lot as well! It's not a great chapter, but it's necessary to get to the next one! There will only be one or two more chapters, and I have already written the ending, I just need to get there in the next few chapters!
This chapter is dedicated to Nicklecreek, whose songs I have been listening to while writing and spellchecking this chapter! You rock!
Chapter 10
As the doorbell rang, a swarm of butterflies danced around inside Sara's stomach. Walking to the door, she glanced into the hallway mirror, wondering whether the outfit she had worn was appropriate.
Nick had told her to dress for "fun and energetic things – but you may get a bit muddy", and so Sara was wearing trainers, jeans and a t-shirt. In an effort to look nice (it was their first date, after all) she had worn her low-cut jeans, and a tight black t-shirt, which she had to admit she looked quite nice in … she hoped. She had no idea what to expect from this first date, since when dating before she had only ever gone to the cinema, to dinner or to a club. She wasn't a great club person, having been to too many crime scenes at nightclubs in town, and she had seen movies and eaten meals with Nick before, which is why she supposed he had chosen something different. Still, she was sceptical of what it would involve. Remembering the kiss he had given her last night before leaving, she felt a huge grin break onto her face.
She trusted him. She was sure she would have a great time on this date, because it was with him.
And that said it all really, didn't it?
As she opened the door, her breath caught in her chest. Nick was also wearing jeans and trainers, but had coupled them with what was obviously an old college t-shirt. It clung to his muscular chest and arms, making her realise just how sexy she found him. His amazing body was slightly hidden, however, by the bunch of flowers he held for her.
"Hey Sar," Nick said, unable to keep from smiling widely at her. She looked amazing. That t-shirt emphasized all the right places, and there was a very tantalizing glimpse of skin between the bottom of her t-shirt and top of her jeans. He stopped himself, before his mind went too far, and held out the flowers he had got for her. Having heard her say that her favourite flowers were daffodils he had searched all over Vegas to find a flower shop selling them. The 11th one he tried sold daffodils.
"These are for you," he said, delighting in the smile that spread over her face at the sight of them.
"Thanks," she said, and curious added, "where did you get daffodils in Vegas?"
"Uh," he was hoping not to have to answer this. "If you look hard enough, there are a few shops that sell them …" he trailed off.
Sara was smiling at him with amusement in her eyes now, doubtless due to the blush creeping across his face. "How many shops did you go to?"
"Eleven," he muttered, staring down at his shoes. He had really wanted to get her her favourite flowers for their first date …
He felt the embarrassment was well worth it, however, when he felt her soft lips on his a couple of seconds later. As the kiss deepened, the flowers dropped to the floor, forgotten.
Breaking apart a few minutes later, they grinned at each other like fools.
Picking up the flowers from where he had dropped them, Nick held them out to her again. "As I said before, these are for you!"
Sara giggled and took them from him, before inviting him in and going into the kitchen to put them in a vase. He followed her into the kitchen, putting his hands on her hips from behind, and kissed her neck. Sara shut her eyes, and stepped back into his embrace, savouring the feel of his body up against hers and his warm lips on her neck.
"Mmmmmmmmm," she said, eloquent as ever around him, and she turned her body around in his arms to meet his lips with her own.
A few minutes later, when the lusty fog that had clouded their minds had lifted, Sara smiled at Nick again. She found him so damn sexy that it was taking all of her willpower to stop kissing him.
"So," she asked, in an effort to get her mind back on the right track, "what are we doing today?"
She had been slightly shocked when Nick had suggested 8 o'clock Saturday morning for the time of their first date, but he had refused to explain why.
"Well," Nick began, "you know that adventure place I was telling you about the other day?"
"Oh yeah, where you do abseiling and rock-climbing and canoeing and obstacle courses and stuff? Yeah I remember. It sounded like loads of fun!"
"Well, I've booked a day for us there. It includes breakfast and lunch there, and our choice of any 4 activities each. I just remember you saying how fun you thought it would be, so I thought it might be fun to try … together-"
Nick was cut off right then by two soft warm lips descending on his for a very chaste kiss. When Sara pulled away he saw that she was smiling broadly.
"That sounds perfect!" she told him, and she really meant it. It was so Nick to book something fun like this for their first date, rather than the cheesy option of a movie and dinner. He had chosen something that came based from their friendship, but that they could enjoy as a couple, just like their relationship. And she couldn't wait to try to beat him at some of the activities!
Nick grinned widely in relief. He had wanted to try this with her, and he thought it would be a good way to explore their relationship, as it was the kind of thing both friends and couples could do. He hadn't wanted to take her to dinner and movie, as that was really cheesy, and they had done it many times already, and he knew she hated clubs, so he had thought of what he would like to do with her, and come up with this idea. He was fantastic at obstacle courses – she wouldn't know what hit her!
"So," he asked her, "shall we?" At the same time, her held his arm out, for her to take, as though they were in an old-fashioned movie.
Sara laughed, and took his arm. "We shall!"
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